The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-04-07
THE g. G. A. G. n. n.
WHAT is BEING DONE ALONG THE LINE
Charlotte Observer.

An Observer representative yester-
day ran up with Col. r. A. Johnson,
the General Manager OF the Charles
ton, Cincinnati & Chicago railroad
better known as the 8 C's road, who
was in the city ON his way for the
Mr.. Johnson was quite
communicative and seemed to be in
high spirits. He informs us that
trains are now being run over the
line from Blacks Station to Ruther-
fordton, a distance of about forty-five
miles, but as yet no schedule has been
adopted. About the LIST of April reg
ular trains will be put on the line,
and passengers will leave Rutherford
ton about noon and connect at Blacks
Station with the South bound train
from Charlotte, which leaves here at
one o'clock in the day.
From Blacks, Southwark, the pro-
posed road first strikes Yorkville,
thence to Rock Hill, Lancaster and
thence to Camden, where the road
will strike the South Carolina system
Of roads and thereby reach direct COM
munication with Charleston, Augusta,
Savannah and Southern points.
The contractors promise to have
the road from Camdon to Lane aster
finished inside Of three months, and
that the whole line to Blacks will be
completed by earley fall, although the
contract will be complied with if the
latter point is reached by the first day
Of next January.
The parties behind this scheme are
said to be an English and Now York
syndicate combined, and money
enough is already pledged to build the
road from Camden to the banks Of the
Ohio river at Ashland, Kentucky.
Altogether the scheme is a grand
one, and now promises full fruition
Some time ago there was some talk in
Charlotte about the building of rail
road line to Camden. Now, if this new
road is to go to Lancaster, why CAM
the Charlotte people tap this road al
this point and thus accomplish the de.
sired end of reaching the seaboard by
new line? So mote it be.
From the Yorkville, S. c., Enquirer
The route by which the railroad
will enter Yorkville has not yet beer
determined upon. During the pas
week the engineer corps has been en-
gagged in running lines entering Oh
the south side of town. We suppos
it will be some days besors the line en-
tering town will be adopted.
The work of grading from Yorkvill
to point twenty-five miles this sid
of Camden, has been taken by w. H
Kirby. who viii put ON a force O
hands at the lower end this week.
Col.Kirby was one OF the contractor
for the grading between Shelby an,
Rutherfort0n. For the present hi
headquarters will be at Rock Hill
The contract for grading between
Yorkville and Blacks has been givel
out to Northern company, but W
have not learned when they will CON
mence operations.
Preparations are being made a
+ Camden depot to receive and unloa
q 400 tons OF iron,
: The Shelby Aurora says; eth
: Charleston Cincinnati & Chicag
: Railroad has finished its forty-fiv
miles Of railroad from Blacks to Ruth
= erfordton and simultaneously bega
: work at its lower terminus at Can
I den. Thus one hundred and eigh
miles are now under contract for graC
y ing with promise of its completion i
? one year. This road began two yeal
y ago inauspicously with one NAH worl
. ing to hold the contract. 1t was ba
! beginning for a railroad with such
big name. 1t has gained wisdom, il
. creased its capital, won the confdenc
o of the country, has abundant mean
g at command and will push the ente
; prise from Camden, S, c., to Kentuck
9 to an early completion. Senator n
u G. Butler, of South Carolina, is now i
y Richmond asking the Virginia Legi
e lature, now in extra session, for
II charter for the G. G. & c., to pas
u through that State. This shows the
, mean to make it great through lin
d penetrating a region rich in miners
D resources awaiting development
q The coal and iron beds are said to
= inexhaustible and of the best qualit,
J. Cranberry has mountain of magne
W ic ore, rivaling the Swedish iron an
D. will become n second Birmingham.
)e
l. The Shelby Neav Era says: MajC
Ia John F. Jones, chief engineer of til
= Massachusetts, & Southern Constru
% ton Company has just returned frol
a trip to Louisville and Cincinnati
70 where he has been examing car shoI
u and locomotive works, with referenC